{"product_id":"hip-hop-is-dead-e-stanley-richardson-9781544099132","title":"Hip Hop Is Dead - Long Live Hip Hop: The Birth, Death and Resurrection of Hip Hop Activism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"There is no magic more powerful than music\"\u003cbr\u003e African Proverb\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn his debut poetry collection, E.Stanley Richardson captures the visual eclectic voice and expression of the \"everyday\" African American experience in a style and rhythm reminiscent of the \"Black Arts Movement\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Hip Hop Is Dead - Long Live Hip Hop, The Birth, Death And Resurrection Of Hip Hop Activism\" is a unique lyrical blend of Gospel, Blues, Jazz, Soul and \"Hip Hop\" poetry that testifies to the transcendent Ancestral Power and influence of African American music, its historical relationship to \"social struggle\" and to the \"colonial mechanisms\" within the dominant oppressive culture that conspire to appropriate, suppress, distort and control radical progressive African American music and art.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is poetry that speaks  It summons us all to creative social and political action, while simultaneously asking a divine question, \u003cbr\u003e \"How Sacred Is The Music?\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Long Live Hip Hop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. Stanley Richardson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1544099134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781544099132\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.51d","brand":"E. Stanley Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124769124607,"sku":"9781544099132","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7681f7e0-b5ca-4198-8e6d-4d203a8af443.jpg?v=1687438725","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hip-hop-is-dead-e-stanley-richardson-9781544099132","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}